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Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Then gently scan your brother man,
Still gentler sister woman;
Though they may gang a' kennin' wrang
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Then gently scan your brother man,
Still gentler sister woman;
Though they may gang a' kennin' wrang
To step aside is human.
He that hath lands hath quarrells.
He that hath lands hath quarrells.
My poverty, but not my will consents.
My poverty, but not my will consents.
Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]
Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will read more
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work
hard.]
